System vs Rebirth

After giving Elaine some food, Jessi waited until the heavy rain stopped before leaving Elaine alone.

Because of what she had done, Elaine's will to survive increased. However, her willpower alone wouldn't be enough.

The fatigue had caught up to her. In addition, the cold had become even more severe.

The voice of the people kept ringing in her head, her body became extremely weak, and her breath was unstable.

She looked like she was about to collapse soon. The hot sun couldn't be compared to the hot temperature of her body.

"Ha… Ha…" Elaine panted a few times. Her body started convulsing. Hunger and thirst might not have been a problem anymore, but her consciousness had become fuzzy.

'This is not good. I still have to continue.'

Elaine kept muttering inwardly, trying to persist as much as possible. But after grueling seven days, she passed out.

…

Two hours later.

Elaine opened her eyes, looking an unfamiliar ceiling.

'Mhmm? Aren't I supposed to be looking at the ground?' Elaine thought before snapping. She hurriedly rose from the bed and looked around, realizing that she was inside a house. And Jessi was in front of her, taking care of her. "What…"

"You passed out. Don't move too much for now. Your fever is still severe."

"What have you done? I have to go back! My family is at stake." Elaine tried to jump off the bed, but Jessi stopped her. "At least rest for a bit. It's been seven days, so the lord shouldn't be coming back soon."

Elaine wanted to refute, but the word stuck in her throat. Instead, she changed it into another question. "Why do you help me? Do you know that you'll be in trouble if you help me? I have done a lot of bad things to your territory!"

"It's your family, right? Not you personally." Jessi shook her head helplessly. "Besides, how foolish are you… If you want to repent, you should live on instead of dying. Death is just an escape. If you feel bad for people, you should spend your life making them happy. That's just my own thought… I think the nobles can't understand such a simple thing."

"That's… not true." Elaine bit her lips.

Looking at her grunted expression, Jessi stood up. "I won't stop you from going back, but eat something first."

Jessi went to the back to grab some food, leaving Elaine alone.

Elaine was contemplating. She had looked down on the people because they were uneducated or their lives were cheap. But because of Jessi, she thought she was the one imposing her own ideal on them.

Unfortunately, she didn't have a lot of time to think about it as the outside was bustling with people.

"…coming!"

"The Lord…"

"…coming!"

Elaine couldn't help but hear some voices from the outside. She raised her head, wondering why it suddenly became too noisy.

"The Lord is coming!"

clearly, she panicked. Right now, she isn't kneeling in front of the mansion. In addition, if she stayed here, Jessi would be

the fact that she hadn't changed her

returned to her room, she only found

trying

mansion, Noel was already waiting

As if noticing her presence, Noel turned

were locked onto each other, Elaine immediately kneeled

asked while pointing at the spot where she

Elaine didn't know what to say. Her family was

tell me. There

sank. On the one hand, if she protected Jessi, her family would be destroyed. On the other hand, if she abandoned Jessi, it wouldn't change the fact

"No.

looked stunned when Elaine tried to protect Jessi. They all knew about what happened in the past few days, especially how Elaine continued

collapsed, Jessi was the one who brought

How are you going to explain that you're trying to escape from your punishment?" Noel asked

I…" Elaine wanted to come up with something, but the fatigue was still too much for her body.

her as his body leaked out some spiritual energy, pressuring Elaine. "Don't tell me. Despite all your deeds, you still

Her family was going to die because of this anyway, so why would she hold

back, "Yes. I threatened her! No commoner dared to refuse the order of a noble! A mere peasant should just follow my

bystanders were surprised, not by her words, but by her voice. The more she spoke, the more her voice was shaking. It was clear that she didn't mean it. In fact, she said all those words just so that Noel could

pressure. His eyes were now filled with killing

crushing down on her body. The road underneath her started to crack. Yet Elaine still raised

long. Her body was giving up. She persisted for a few seconds, but her consciousness

to the ground, Noel pulled out his sword and said coldly, "In that

look away or

his sword, Jessi suddenly appeared and kneeled next to Elaine.

saying, "Are you the one helping

Jessi answered

fell silent for a

the right to live. Just like how I, a lowly

think lowly of this territory. They will think that this territory can

clenched her hands into fists. "I… don't want the Lord, whom I admire so much, to live in the dark, ruthless world. You are the Lord the people need because you are kind, you help all of us. I don't want my lord to be known as the ruthless tyrant, even though you are just trying to help us. I believe that she has been punished severely. Instead of executing her, she should work for this

others. "Do you think the same? After all, all of you are the ones impacted the most. Think about it first

down, not knowing what to do. Jessi was saying what they wanted to say. They didn't have

one brave kid suddenly stepped forward and kneeled in front of Noel. He was the kid who threw

this kid, they saw several people falling to their knees, making the parents wonder if they should stop their kids

had witnessed Elaine's suffering in the past few days and how she remained still no matter what happened around her or to

atone for her mistake, she

everyone was already kneeling on

at his subjects for a moment as if he were contemplating whether to execute or not.

Noel

she is useful or not," said Noel with

"Bring her

soldiers hurriedly moved. With this decision, they felt a bit relieved since they should be spared from any punishment as well because of what Jessi did. The